Bipolar Disorder Support Group

Bipolar disorder is not just a single disorder, but a category of mood disorders marked by periods of abnormally high energy and euphoria, often accompanied by bouts of clinical depression. This is the place to talk about your experience with bipolar disorder, learn from others' experiences, and find support.

Anybody Sleep For 24 Hours At a Time?i

It seems like my sleeping patterns are either feast or famine. I am either up for a a day or down for a day. This messes up the medication schedule not to mention my daily schedule. . Does this happen to anybody else? I'm going to ask my shrink what to do about it tomorrow. Sometimes I don't even know what day it is!! I missed all of Jan 2nd. I woke up on the third thinking it was the second. I really want to get control over this. Any ideas out there?

Years ago i had an abortion. I came back to my apartment and slept for a ver y long time. My med doc at the time (befor dx) said my body and mind was going through alot and needed the sleep. What are you going thru?

oh my goodness! i am going through the same thing right now!! same for me last week! and now i have insomnia too! i have to ask my doc too. i don't know if it is a side effect of the meds or a symptom of BP.

i would be interested in hearing what your doc says!

thanks for bringing this issue up! i know we aren't the only ones suffering....

I don't really know what I'm going through right now. I can't put my finger on it. I wish I could. Last year I got a Dear Jane email from a man I was seeing for 6 years and it put me in the hospital.(Nervous breakdown) After that we did STILL communicate until I finally broke it off with him again 4 months ago. That's the only really traumatic thing that has happened to me. I never think about him. Could that be it??

I don't really know what I'm going through right now. I can't put my finger on it. I wish I could. Last year I got a Dear Jane email from a man I was seeing for 6 years and it put me in the hospital.(Nervous breakdown) After that we did STILL communicate until I finally broke it off with him again 4 months ago. That's the only really traumatic thing that has happened to me. I never think about him. Could that be it??

it might just be that you made it through the holidays and now your mentally swinging back into your structure. I know I am always struggling to get through the holidays and then back to normalcy afterwards.

A friend sent this to me..As far as I can see, grief will never truly end.It may become softer overtime, more gentleand some days will feel sharp.But grief will last as long as Love does - ForeverIt's simply the way the absence of your loved onemanifests in your heart. A deep longing accompaniedby the deepest Love some days. The heavy fog mayreturn and the next day, it may recede.Once again, it's...

I have my maxed amount of epidural shots of my cervical DDD....(and no one cares about my lumbar DDD)..... I've done physical therapy, muscle relaxers, Amitriptyline, Nortryptiline, desipramine.....narcotics... So I decided to go to a spine specialist and they have me on Gabapentin. Its been two weeks and it did nothing for my lumbar ever... but it did seem to help my cervical and arm/hand pain...

All content posted on this site is the responsibility of the party posting such content.
Participation on this site by a party does not imply endorsement of any other party's content,
products, or services. Content should not be used for medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.